Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:15:15 +0100 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: Greg Eden <greg@wholemeal.net> Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-proliant Digest, Vol 52, Issue 1 Message-ID: <45C73BF3.2010101@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <F5018C52-299D-4BB8-98C6-CC30CB122FE0@wholemeal.net> References: <20070205120107.1318B16A413@hub.freebsd.org> <F5018C52-299D-4BB8-98C6-CC30CB122FE0@wholemeal.net>
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Greg Eden wrote: > Hello! > >> I tried installing hpacucli from [1]http://people.freebsd.org/~jcagle >> on FreeBSD 6.2/amd64 >> and could get it installed only after tweaking version check in >> INSTALL script. >> But after running hpacucli it segfaults with code 11. >> Did anyone succed on installing it or is there maybe another way of >> geting it to work on >> FreeBSD6.2/amd64 or maybe another tool that has the same >> functionality? > > AFAIK there are no online tools like hpacucli for FreeBSD. The > original tools were withdrawn because of unspecified problems. It's > very awkward. I'm about to install some new disks in an MSA20 and have > to create a new RAID5 volume in the BIOS utility (losing a disk in the > process) because there are no online tools to expand the existing volume. > > If you can have the box offline for a day or two you can probably use > the linux ACU tools from a Linux live CD to expand an array. > > Sadly that's not an option for me. What I'd really like to know is what exactly is holding the development for these utilities back? Can't they just open-source them? Can't they find someone whos is working on them for free, with a NDA or not? I assume a lot of people would be willing to jump through a lot of hoops to get this to work, myself included. cheers, Rainer
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